The Raynham Board of Selectmen passed a motion Tuesday night to ask the Bridgewater-Raynham School District to close school in Raynham on the Sept. 6 and Nov. 6 election days. The motion came in response to a request from Acting Town Clerk Marsha Silvia to have students at Raynham Middle School stay home during the hectic elections, which will be held at the school.

Open school committee seat

Also during Tuesday’s meeting, Selectman Don McKinnon thanked Stephen Donohue for his five years of service as a member of the Bridgewater-Raynham School Committee. Donohue announced recently that he wasn’t going to run for the April 28 election, and no one will be on the ballot for the open position.

“He was very efficient, we really appreciated him,” McKinnon said. “He contributed work toward the building committee at the high school, and also worked with the committee on the K-8 study.”

McKinnon said someone could run a write-in campaign for the position. Otherwise, a new school committee member will be appointed by the Raynham Board of Selectmen.

Seeking election

In other election news, the ballot for the April 28 election has been finalized.

Three candidates on the ballot for a Board of Selectmen seat include Karen Roberts, Richard Schiavo, Kevin Moreira and Terrence Smith. James Burns, who took out papers for the Board of Selectmen position, did not return the papers but could run a write-in campaign, Silvia said.

Another contended position up for election is that held by Planning Board Chair Daniel Andrade. The five-year Raynham Planning Board seat is also sought by Bruce Raphel.

While Donohue is not running for a school committee seat, a second school committee seat is being sought by current committee member Patricia Riley, the only candidate for the position.

A seat on the Cemetery Commission is uncontested on the ballot, with board member Barbara Sleezer running for a three-year term. Earlier, David Yelle took out papers for the position but did not return them, Silvia said.

Uncontested candidates include John Donahue, running for re-election as town moderator; John A. Dolan, running for re-election as a sewer commissioner; Barbara Gallagher, running for re-election for housing authority board; Gordon Luciano, running for re-election as a member of the Board of Assessors; Silvia, for town clerk; and James Brow, for park and recreation commissioner. Each of these are three-year terms, with the exception of housing authority, which is five years.